Fallbrook trustee resigns, replacement sought

Fallbrook Union High School District Trustee Bill O’Connor has resigned from the board and applications to fill his position are being accepted.

O’Connor, who has been on the board since 2006, announced at Monday’s school board meeting that he was resigning because he would not longer live in the district after the new Bonsall Unified School District is created next summer.

Voters within the Bonsall Union School District voted to expand from an elementary to a unified school district last November.

O’Connor, whose term expires in December 2014, lives in the south end of the Fallbrook district but will be in the new Bonsall Unified School District when boundaries take effect in July 2014, making him ineligible to serve during his final months.

The early resignation will allow O’Connor’s replacement to serve more than a year on the board before the next regularly scheduled election.

“My resigning early will hopefully give the Fallbrook Union High School District the opportunity to have a new board member who will be able to help guide the district in the important issues to

face the educational community in the months ahead and to generate interest in the election for future board members,” O’Connor said at the meeting.

Fallbrook trustees agreed Monday to appoint a replacement rather than hold a special election.

Applications can be found online at the district’s website . Trustees are scheduled to interview applicants and make their decision at their July 8 meeting. The new trustee will be seated Aug. 19.